New Russ & Daughters Café epitomizes LES’s increasingly upscale dining scene

From Luxury Listings NYC: The lox tastes the same. The bagels are just as fluffy. The latkes are as crispy as you remember them. The sandwiches are no longer wrapped in paper; instead, diners are served on individual wooden boards. And Rather Than Devouring Your Bagel On Houston Street, you’re now seated in a booth. And, of course, prices have gone up. [more]